Hollywood/Santa Monica Home Tour

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The Hollywood/Santa Monica Neighborhood Home Tour will be hosted from 12:00-6:00p on April 28th and 29th. The 21st annual tour will feature five homes from the “cozy and unique” neighborhood in East Dallas. It will also include an Art in the Park event at Lindsley Park for the first time. For tickets and more information,… Read More

2012 White Rock Home Tour

white rock home tour

The seventh annual White Rock Home Tour will be hosted from 12:00-5:00p on April 21st and 22nd. The area’s only all-modern home tour will feature five homes, and will again benefit Blue Ribbon award winner Hexter Elementary. For more information about tickets and architect meet and greets, visit the White Rock Home Tour webpage.

Starry Night auction

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The Stonewall Jackson Elementary PTA is hosting its annual Starry Night auction from 7:00-11:00p on April 27 at the Hotel Palomar. The silent and live auctions will benefit students through music programs, improvements to sports fields, and the purchase of classroom and library supplies. For more information about the auction, visit the Stonewall Jackson PTA… Read More

Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade

I can’t think of a more highly anticipated event in East Dallas than the annual Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade – and it’s coming up this Saturday! The tradition of holding a parade the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day started back in 1979, and over the past few decades it has grown from a… Read More

Dallas Arboretum’s “Blooms” Best for Spring Flowers

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The Dallas Arboretum is a gorgeous place to spend the afternoon throughout the year, but you just can’t beat its spring “Blooms” festival – in fact, MSN.com named it one of the top 10 places in the world to soak up the spring flowers.  Pretty snazzy! The “Blooms” festival continues through April 8th, so be… Read More

Dallas Home Sales Skyrocketed in February

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More great news for the Dallas housing market – Dallas Morning News reports that February sales for pre-owned homes jumped 27% from the same time last year.  Pending sales also saw an even greater increase at 35% – and this is with almost a quarter fewer homes on the market! Even though home prices haven’t… Read More

FHA Mortgage Premiums Set To Increase

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A hallmark of FHA loans is a mortgage insurance premium paid by the buyer.  Beginning April 1st, the cost of this up-front premium on FHA mortgages will increase from 1.0% to 1.75% of the loan, and the monthly premium will increase from 1.15% to 1.25%  – those are big increases! Some experts believe this increase… Read More

Metroplex’s Largest Mansion Headed to Auction

Champ D'Or auction

On the market since the day it was completed almost a decade ago, the Champ D’Or mansion in Denton County is headed to real estate auction on March 30th. This 48,000 square foot home has been featured on HGTV and boasts such extravagances as gold chandeliers, 2-story closets, a ballroom, guardhouses and 25 acres of… Read More

Dallas ‘House’ Condos Sold at Auction

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German lender HSH Nordbank AG has foreclosed on the unsold units at one of the least successful Dallas condominium projects in recent years. The 28-story House condo development was designed by Phillipe Starck and was anticipated to be one of the most exclusive developments in town. However, the 5 year old development had sold less… Read More

Craig Ranch Update

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The 2,200-acre Craig Ranch development has been working with the city of McKinney on luring more corporate real estate projects into the fold. They have been working with developer KDC to attract businesses, and have just landed Traxxas LP – a remote control toy maker – to the area. Approximately 80% of the Craig Ranch… Read More

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